The grapes are the sorrows/sadness/pains, like the ‘Grapes of Wrath.’ It’s mostly the evil people felt toward you & did to you – your Mom, first husband & others. They are covered with DUST like things of LONG AGO. ME: Who is this old man to my right who is repulsed by th...
And carried our sorrows;Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The
In spite of braking hard, we could not stop in time, and our car slid right into the side of his car, causing a lot of damage to both cars. He made a costly mistake and caused a lot of trouble by disobeying that sign. God Permits U-TURNS I am glad to be able to tell you ...
whether we are ready or not. And Christmas, (thank God) always comes. I don’t mean the Holiday and all the stuff, but the actual fact that is reality for us as Christian believers. That we have been redeemed. That God saw our sorry state and thought He needed to do something to b...
God tells us everything we need to know to live godly lives (2 Peter 1.3). But sometimes we wonder. The unexpected, unexplained twists and turns our lives take create all kinds ofapparent uncertaintiesfor us. And the profound pain we endure can be so perplexing. There is so much God doe...
The Scriptural text from a chorus in Handel’s Messiah echoed in my heart: “Surely, surely, he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows” (Isa 53.5). Flowing from the Cross, through the Tomb, into the Light of the Resurrection is the river of mercy on which the Son and Spirit ...
working towards a vain understanding and growth that is bound to the earth, but we are striving towards an eternal wisdom that God makes possible. In so doing, we become more like the one who is eternally wise, the one who bore our sorrows and our afflictions and our pains, Jesus ...
THEME 25 – OUR ONLY HOPE IS GOD! VICTORIOUS DISCIPLES Number 317 MAN OF GOD Number 320 SHOUT OF VICTORY Number 323 FALSE PROPHETS DIE Number 325 TEMPLE REPAIRED Number 326 SORROW TURNS TO JOY Number 327 WEAK BECOME STRONG Number 331 THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH Number 332 MOCKER IS HUMBLED...
He punishes the wicked (Nahum i. 2); He turns their way upside down (Ps. i. 6). Appearances to the contrary are illusive (Hab. i. 13, ii. 2; Jer. xii. 1-2; Ps. x. 13-14, xxxvii. 35-39, lii. 3-9, lxii. 11-13, xcii. 7-8; Job xxi. 7-9, xxvii. 8-11, xxxv...
Rejoice in and partake of our Savior, Jesus Christ! The last few hours of The Advent of Christ are before us. We can wait no longer and we don’t need to. Our hunger for hope, peace, joy, and love, is hard to bear; We prepare the meal we will eat tonight after church. ...